Good point. It's not a configuration mark for automobiles or boats, but for services, like the Monster Truck Body mark for entertainment services. The Board said the truck design was akin to product packaging for the services.
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I don't see a Section 2(f) claim, do you?
TTABlog Test: Which of These Three Recent Section 2(d) Oppositions Was/Were Dismissed?
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Breaking News: Supreme Court Denies Petition for Certiorari in RAPUNZEL Consumer Standing Case.
TTAB Upholds Surname Refusal of GOLIA for Candy
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Your clickbait hyperbolic headlines are really annoying.
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Info about our panel is here: www.inta.org/meetings/202.... I look forward to seeing everyone at INTA!
If you live in the United Kingdom or will be in London for the INTA annual meeting, join us for my May 7 book talk at University College London. I’m delighted UCL invited me to speak and look forward to introducing my friends from the US to my friends from the UK! www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Shake it off, Ed.
TTABlog Test: Is PLAYER EXCLUSIVE for Distilled Spirits Confusable with PLAYERS VODKA for Vodka?
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TTABlog Test: Is SEAFISH Merely Descriptive of Seafood?
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TTABlog Test: Is Costume Jewelry Related to Clothing Under Section 2(d)?
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TTABlog Test: Are Dental Implants Related to Syringes Under Section 2(d)?
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Dismissed without prejudice. Trump can re-file. The dismissal was procedural not substantive. Ask a lawyer.
Chicago White Sox post on X: "you wanted them, you're ALL getting one" "POPE HATS FOR EVERYONE @ RATE FIELD" Photo of a Chicago White Sox player in a pope hat.
👀 this is fantastic #Pope promotion from the Chicago #WhiteSox and a pretty poignant statement for the time we are in.
CAFC Affirms TTAB: Stick Figure for Vapes Not Confusable with "X" for Cigars
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Maybe he should run as a Republican.
Trade Name Use is not Trademark Use, Says TTAB
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TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out?
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Where's George Bush?
Precedential No. 7: TTAB Reverses Failure-to-Function Refusal of Monster Truck Body Ornamentation thettablog.blogspot.com/2015/03/prec...
Affirming Section 2(d) Refusal, TTAB Rejects Consent Agreement and Finds Strategic Partners Inapplicable
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TTAB Reverses Section 2(d) Refusal of DAILY HARVEST CAFE Logo for Cafe Services: USPTO Fails to Prove Relatedness to Food Items and On-Line Services
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The amendment requires approval of the VP and half the cabinet. Not going to happen. Impeachment and removal is unlikely with this Senate.
With this cabinet and this vice-president? Not going to happen.
TTAB Affirms 2(e)(4) Refusal of Rare Surname "TUGENDHAT" for Seating Furniture Due to Applicant's Own Marketing Materials
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Precedential No. 1: TTAB Finds 8-Slice Pancake Configuration Mark De Jure Functional
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TTAB Posts April 2026 Hearing Schedule
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Good example of the difference between de jure functionality and de facto functionality. The table and its parts have utilitarian functionality (de facto) but not trademark functionality (de jure).